Garment hanger



April 1940- J. T. POLLARD 2,196,123

GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 3, 1939 Inventor A fiorneys Patented Apr. 22,1940

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly to the so-called coat hanger, and has for its primary object to provide means for securing the garment against acciden- 10 positely extending shoulder supporting portion,

the ends of the wire being formed with hooks and adapted to be positioned in overlying relation with respect to the garment .when placed on the hanger to secure the garment against dis- 16 placement thereon.

A further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and other- 20 wise well adapted to the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to 25 the accompanying drawing forming part hereof,

wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the ends of the wire in position for securing the garment 30 on the hanger.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the hanger removed from the garment, and

v Figure 3 is a. similar view embodying a modifled form of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 5 designates the wire coat hanger generally which has its intermediate portion bent to form the suspension hook 6 which has its shank portion twisted as at I to reinforce the same, the in portions of the wire extending oppositely from said hook to form the shoulder accommodating portions 8 of the hanger,

The extremities of the shoulder extensions 8 are formed with coils 9 which act as springs to normally urge the end portions ill of the hanger into a substantially-horizontal position, as shown at Figure 2 of the drawing.

The extremities of the end portions It are formed with hooks ll so that after the garment, indicated by the dotted lines I2, is placed in position on the hanger, the hooks i i may be engaged over the top of the garment for bearing against the shoulder portions 8 to secure the garment against accidental removement from the hanger 10 in a manner as will be apparent.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing, the shoulder extensions l2 are formed with a return bend I3 at the outer portions thereof, to form the horizontal end portions M, in this form of the invention the coils 9, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, being omitted.

It will also be understood the hanger may be constructed of two wire sections joined together at the twisted shank of the suspension hook end with their free ends shaped to form the hooks I i.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- A coat hanger formed from a single strand of wire and having its intermediate portion bent to form a suspension hook, the wire extending oppositely from said hook to provide shoulder accommodating portions, the ends of the wire extending inwardly from the outer ends of said shoulder portions in a direction toward each other and terminating adjacent an opposite side of the hanger to provide a pair of parallel horizontal bars, and hooks formed on the extremities of said ends and adapted upon a bending of the bars for engagement with an opposite shoulder 4 portion for securing a garment in' position thereon.

JOHN T. POLLARD. 

